multicolored names in nick telling me to use alphanumberic?

[Lordfire1337]

Currently i want to have the nickname LordFire in a gradient kinda thing, the thing i have right now is

&4 L &0 o r &0 d i &4 r &0 e

for some reason it says "Error: Nicknames must be alphanumberic.

 

[BigBoiBilly]

Hey I recommend this website to help with your colour codes, you can select the colours you want and it then tells you what you need to type.

In the example below, you would type /nick &2t&3e&4s&5t and your nickname would show like the text on the right.

 

[Lordfire1337]

Thank you, its really easy to make color codes now